megaport
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]megaport (plural megaports)
- An extremely large port, especially one that combines support for air, naval, and/or terrestrial travel.
- 2001, Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, volume 127, page 64:
- Given the critical importance of megaports to sea transport, might we witness a rebirth of interest in sea-lane protection, a mission that has in recent years lost ground to the task of projecting naval power ashore?
- 2012, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 2013, page 193:
- They are all border crossings across our borders into the U.S. and I was thinking of these 650 border sites and 100 megaports.